Later neighbours heard a woman in her 60s, who neighbours believed lived at the upstairs flat with her partner, was shrieking "no, no, no". The female neighbour said up to 7 people had been partying at the upstairs flat and loud music was bellowing out. Because there was something happening over here [the church] and was like 'can you pray with me'." The other partygoers were younger than the couple who lived upstairs, the neighbours said. "We only heard her [the older woman] screaming afterwards.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2017 18:28 UTC